First, the Apprentice was left off the upcoming fall schedule by NBC. Then Donald Trump declared that his show couldn’t be cancelled because he just quit…. unfortunately there was that little pesky thing called a contract which meant NBC still could bring back the Apprentice whether Donald liked it or not.

Now, both sides have agreed to a one-week contract extension, meaning that NBC now has until next Friday - instead of this Friday - to decide whether to bring back the Apprentice next season or not. If Trump agreed to the extension, it must mean he really doesn’t want to quit after all!

Just when it seemed that Trump’s corporate reality show would never return to NBC, the network’s new head of prime-time entertainment is thinking about bringing the real estate tycoon back after all.

The network has asked Trump and fellow executive producer of the show, Mark Burnett, for a one-week extension of NBC’s option to renew the series, an NBC spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday. And they have agreed, according to Trump.

The extension does not guarantee a return of “The Apprentice” to NBC; it merely gives NBC another week, until next Friday, to exercise its rights under its existing deal to air one more installment of the program.

Interesting, if they asked for a week extension they must be seriously considering it. But they will obviously have to think up a better spin this time around… or perhaps they are considering an all-star edition bringing back the best of the best for another chance to work for Trump.

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This spoiler posted on Friday, June 1st, 2007 at 12:06 am.

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